Inez is a distinctive choice, ranked #1449 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Inez in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1449
About the Name Inez
Inez is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 1166 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1365 in 2009 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1997.
Inez is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Inez
Unlikely. With around 22 UK babies named Inez per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Inez in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Inez is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 1166 places over the last five years to #1449 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Inez is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Inez include: Inez Carrasquillo — Inez Carrasquillo is a Puerto Rican-American strongwoman competitor and tech industry professional.; Inez Pijnenburg — W.; Mike Inez — Michael Allen Inez is an American rock musician and bassist..
Inez does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Inezs in the wild.
22
UK babies named Inez (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 1166 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Inez
Likely around 1 other Inez in the class
UK Popularity (1997–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Inez
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Inez Carrasquillo is a Puerto Rican-American strongwoman competitor and tech industry professional. Known for her prowess in overhead lifts, she holds women's log lift record in strongwoman with 145.5 kg (321 lb).
Inez Milholland Boissevain was a leading American suffragist, lawyer, and peace activist. From her college days at Vassar College, she campaigned aggressively for women’s rights as the principal issue of a wide-ranging socialist agenda.
Amanda Inez Knight Allen was a Mormon missionary and a Utah politician. In 1898, she became one of the first two single women to be missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
Inez Natali Weski is a retired Dutch criminal lawyer. She has defended among others Desi Bouterse, Guus Kouwenhoven, and, during the Marengo trial, Ridouan Taghi.
Inez McCormack was a Northern Irish trade union leader and human rights activist. She was the first female president of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, representing the UNISON union.
Inez Jessie Baskin was an American journalist and civil rights supporter who covered the Civil Rights Movement and the Montgomery bus boycott for African American readers and publications.